What YOU need to know: Facts & Trivia about HIV/AIDS

Yesterday you received some trivia facts and questions. If you were able to use our mobile texting program Text2Survive or T2S, by texting the word GAME to 36363, you got instant feedback on yesterday's trivia questions. Answers to yesterday's trivia are posted at the end of this blog.


TODAY's FACTS & TRIVIA

Facts
• It is estimated that more than one million people are living with HIV in the USA and that more than half a million have died after developing AIDS.


• The CDC estimates that by the end of 2008 there were 490,696 people living with an AIDS diagnoses in the United States and five dependent areas, around 38,000 more than 2006


Trivia
1. How long does it take to get HIV test results?
2. When should I get tested?


Answers to yesterday's trivia:
1. How can I tell if I have HIV or AIDS?
Answer: The only way to tell if you have HIV is to take an HIV test (usually an HIV antibody test). You cannot tell if someone has HIV or AIDS just by looking at them.

2. Who should be tested?
Answer: If you have had unprotected sex, shared drug injecting equipment, or been exposed to HIV during a medical procedure or at work, then you should get tested.